Between 0800 hours on Sunday 15th January 2017 and 0800 hours on Monday 16th January (24 hours), Alex Thomson, Armel le Cléac'h's terrible pursuer in the Vendée Globe, has just beaten an incredible record! He has covered almost 1,000 kilometres, or 536.81 nautical miles with a frightening average speed of 22.36 knots!
The skipper of Hugo Boss is doing even better than his "record" of 16th November 2016. He is thus repeating the 24-hour record he set in 2003 with 468.72 miles. Since then, he had been dethroned by François Gabart in 2012, aboard Macif. In the last Vendée Globe, the reigning winner had swallowed 534.48 miles in 24 hours at an average speed of 22.27 knots.
For the moment, the Record is awaiting validation by the World Sailing Speed Record Council ( Read WSSRC ), the international body that keeps meticulous accounts in this area. If ever it is approved, Alex Thomson would have covered 2.33 miles more than François Gabart.
In the 9:00 am rankings, Hugo Boss is 997 nautical miles from the finish and 73.29 miles from the leader, Banque Populaire VIII.
